**Job Title: Project Communication Manager (EU Funding)**
**Team: Communications and Marketing/ The Hub**
**Contract**: Fixed-term until 31/12/2026
**Level**: Intermediate
Please refer to our Capability Framework
**Salary**: Competitive for Not-for-profit organisation
**Start Date: asap, no later than September 2025**
**Location**: Poland, Belgium, Italy, UK, Germany, Netherlands
ABOUT US
At Climate KIC, we are wholeheartedly committed to building a diverse and representative team and an inclusive workplace that values different life experiences and perspectives, and we encourage personal development, learning and growth.
Climate KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is Europe’s foremost climate innovation initiative. We understand that global temperature rise is exceeding 1.5C and this demands unprecedented change. It requires new social dynamics, ways of doing business, capital flows, policymaking, economic models, and new ways of living. That is why our mission is to leverage the power of systems innovation to transform whole places, industries and value chains by 2030, working across sectors to develop and scale ambitious programmes. Climate KIC’s strategy, Transformation, with Urgency, is available here.
Climate KIC operates as a not-for-profit foundation working through public-private partnership, wielding both public and private funding. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Amsterdam, we orchestrate a community of more than 150 organisations including large corporations and SMEs, municipal and regional governments, universities and research institutes, as well as non-governmental organisations and civil society actors.
Climate KIC leads the implementation of the European Union’s Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities and the launch pilot of the Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, both with the objective of catalysing rapid and deep transformation on a large scale, creating the precedent and economic transition conditions for demonstration, learning, capacity building, fast followership and investment. Achieving the EU Cities Mission will mean avoided scope 1 and 2 emissions alone of an estimated 0.7GT CO2e between now and 2040.
Climate KIC has a Remote-First approach, where colleagues work remotely from home based in one of the countries where we have a branch or employing entity (and can work out of local offices or co-working seats, where they exist). We meet at our local offices to exchange and connect and use online collaboration tools to work with each other and with our community. On occasion, we meet in person as teams, and once per year as an organisation.
As a mission-driven organisation dedicated to climate transformation, we consider the climate impact of our own actions, for example travel, catering, or IT equipment.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Climate KIC is looking for a communications expert to manage brand, marketing, communications and outreach activities for our projects funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Our focus in this work is entrepreneurial education and training activities, as well as place-based innovation and systemic transformation activities with diverse local stakeholders.
- Key Responsibilities_
- Contribute to the development of communication and dissemination plans.
- Development and implementation of marketing materials (digital and print), and social media campaigns.
- Coordination with (Communications) teams of other EIT KIC’s and engagement with the EIT ecosystem/ community.
- Writing and coordinating input for funder reporting.
- Internal communications and coordination between all teams working on the project.
- Supplier management (procurement, contracting, onboarding, quality and compliance management).
- Key Working Relationships_
- Project teams for EIT/ EU funded projects.
- Climate KIC’s Communications and Marketing team.
- Climate KIC Business Operations Desk team
- Climate KIC Academy team.
- Climate KIC Entrepreneurship team.
- Other EIT KICs
- EIT Community Hubs and Officers
ABOUT YOU
To be successful in this role, you will be a skilled and mission-driven communicator who thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments. You’re both a strategist and a doer: someone who can connect the dots across complex projects while also rolling up your sleeves to deliver high-quality, timely communications. You’ll be focused on communications work linked to our EIT-funded activities, while also contributing to the shared goals and collective rhythm of Climate KIC’s broader brand, marketing, and communications efforts. You’re comfortable working independently, but bring strong team energy and a solutions-oriented mindset. You are meticulously organised with the ability to predict a projects’ pathway from start to finish. You’re able to translate data sets into visual aids and compelling narratives.
- Experience_
- A minimum of 5 years of experience working with project management for mixed media commu